, 1887-01-21

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thing was quiet. lay there in my lerth,
not daring to cry out lest The Inuttaa@r7
should come hack and NIL iss. Their
plan seemed clenr to me. They unlouht-
edlY intended to secure the diamonds, and,
leaving the ship to her fate, to make for
Bermuda in the open boats. Occasion
ally | would hear some ailor enter the
forceastle for something and then q out
again. | could not hear the pumps going,
and | had no doubt that the vessel was
filling fast. | lay quietly in my bunk
until daylight began TO show itself
through the chinks in my door and win
dow Just then | heard several more
shots fired. This made me think that
the captain and the mates had succeeded
in h~arricading themselves in the cabin,
and were still holding Il a Few hours
passed without my hearing any more
sounds. Then all OF a sudden 1t seemed
to me as If the ship was sinking. Tn
mutineers, thought, have Killed the
ofheers ana have lett IN the boats, ieaH-
ing me 10 go uo"h WIN tne snip l
spruig To The door ana shook ~ violently
@es'rh 'nhes' ou. II reniaineu i"S', TOT
u re" Secohhs ! WINS ou, OF my head with
error ma 1 yehei hke u mao'hah'
IA nnroon, It, = hoard snn,. mn.
,u nr L. oaanad q, "a
nnan' ny III a., o ~ nn
,ain rr,,h bts iara. oiispi, coo, On III.
rcc,ipg the mon Who were oettInd ready
~ lannch tho ~ hoats Tbe hin u,as
inst sinking and the decks now Law nj
most mt the waters edge.
We'd forgotten all about you sal
the sailor who had unlocked my door.
II went Mt and took u hand in lnunch-
Ing the boats. As | did 50 | heard the
captain say:
Remember, men, that we must stick
by our agreement. You are to do you
best and the mates and | are to say
nothing about the mutiny. Quick, the
ship is sinking and we'll be swamped with
her.
s.In IA mi the boats were over the
side We were about to get into them
when Mike said to the captain:
"'Ain't we going to have some OF them
smugglcd diamonds for helping you to get
them ashore. captain
"I hive no diamonds replled the cnn-
tain Now that Us al over / don't
mind telling YOU that there really is a
dead body in that box. tried to nut Won
fenovs or nv saving tbat It contained din.
monds md silks,
wa mol. sur. NJ ,l.t con,.tn ,
.,id Nh ,vhn startod toward tha cabin
Ionr yrt,h TIM
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n,nS =, Nh ~ $50 LII III
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ihhl poA contains the pouy OF my
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wan. !" "N' se' 'h'" Tue ooa'' or'eu 'ne
o"p.nln'
Mike, followed by Tony, climbed down
INTO me smaller OF tine Two Doats. linen
SIX oil the men the steward ana the we
mates tumbIed INTO the larger boat The
captain was ABOUT 10 follow, When the
poht pushed on from the SIDE. Then the
captain told me and the only remaining
sailor 10 get mo the sihaller boat, INTO
which he followed us. we had Just
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ppln',is "S'e'" VI '"e "o"'' cried '"oS
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Iho captain turned AROUND TO look and
loly sp'ans over me l saw the blade OF
n stlletto flashing III ms hahu. quick asa
hnsh grappied MN ana we both telli In the
bottom oil the boat Mike Jumped toward
bnnd Thon u. coyered Tory ,vith iLs
ni.,,l ,rd ,,,1a him crawl h,cL "a III,